A Vicious Cycle: The Dangerous Dehumanisation of Cyclists

Re:A Vicious Cycle: The Dangerous Dehumanisation of Cyclists by blarg1 on Monday February 21, 2022 @05:14AM (#30413965)

Here in Australia, I was once riding down a main road, nearly keeping up with the few cars on the road, someone drove past me and blasted the horn for about 10 seconds.

Don't know what their problem was.

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Re:A Vicious Cycle: The Dangerous Dehumanisation of Cyclists by sammyjoe72 on Monday February 21, 2022 @05:26AM (#30414069)

Here in Australia, I was riding to work one morning, and I filtered through to the front of the grid at a red light. I could hear the passenger in the car to my right abusing me. When the light went green, I took off, and I heard the car come up beside me… they matched my speed, pulled in close, and the passenger opened is car door into me in an attempt to knock me off. I didn’t come off, and followed them to get the number plate.

Went to the police station, and lodged the complaint. They were actually going to charge the passenger and driver with attempted murder.

Turned out the number plate hadn’t been registered in 14 years. I said “that’s weird, why would they be driving around with unregistered plates” and the cops response was dry: “to steal petrol”

Amazing.

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